Senegal’s president dissolves parliament to call a snap legislative election

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s president has dissolved the opposition-dominated parliament, paving the way for a snap legislative election after he took office on an anti-establishment platform. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said in a televised address Thursday evening the election would take place Nov. 17. Analysts say Faye’s political party has a high chance of securing a majority, given his popularity and his victory margin in the presidential election that took place in March. The 44-year-old Faye became Africa’s youngest elected leader after promising reforms to improve the living standards of ordinary Senegalese.